Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Prepectoral Alloplastic Breast Reconstruction: Establishing Standards.

In total, 748 women met inclusion criteria.

Of these, 344 (46%) received 24 hours of prophylactic antibiotics and 404 (54%) received extended antibiotic prophylaxis up to 72 hours.

Similarly, there were no significant differences between cohorts in the rate of successful salvage of infected breasts with antibiotics alone versus surgical washout (odds radio: 0.8, 95% confidence interval 0.2-3.8, p=1).